Noddwr : Patron Rt Hon Lord Elis-Thomas P.C., A.M   

Cadeirydd: Chairman. Richard Cuthbertson, M.B.E.,D.L, F.R.S.A   Rheolwry Prosiesct: Project Director. Margaret Dunn

Datingoldwelshhouses@uwclub.co.uk  www.datingoldwelshhouses.co.uk   Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig 1131782 Registered Charity No.

Bryn Bedd, Nantgwynant,Gwynedd LL55 4NL  Tel : 01766 890550

Dating Old Welsh Houses

North West Wales Dendrochronology Project

DATING

OLD WELSH HOUSES

North West Wales has many very old houses, some surviving from the 1400s and 1500s. They are important as they help us to understand how styles of houses developed in the past, and how the people in them lived. These are special buildings that can make valuable contributions to Welsh built heritage.

The North West Wales Dendrochronology
Project

Discovers old houses and obtains felling dates for suitable original timbers from Tudor/Elizabethan houses using dendrochronology (tree-ring dating technology). Houses were built 1-2 years after timber felling, using unseasoned timber.

Records architectural features from houses.

Researches with local volunteers, into the history of each house & its inhabitants.

Shares the findings with local communities, schools and visitors.

For details VISIT our website www.datingoldwelshhouses.co. uk

Working in partnership with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales and others, the project has found houses dating from the late 1400s in Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire & Gwynedd

NEW DISCOVERIES

The project has already given talks to 60+ organisations; visited over 200 houses; dated and recorded 50+ buildings & trained 100+ volunteers.

ACTIVITIES

PROJECT FRIENDS

JOIN a network of interested people

RECEIVE the quarterly Newsletter

ARE TRAINAINED as volunteers

ATTEND free guided visits to old houses, talks

& events.

For membership details contact:

keith.houghton4@btinternet.com
12 Coed Carolyn, Maentwrog, Gwynedd

:. Subscription: £10 p.a.

Grant acknowledgements:

The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project gratefully acknowledges that this work forms part of a study across north-west Wales only made possible by grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund; the Society of Antiquaries, London; the Marc Fitch Fund; the Cambrian Archaeological Association, the Vernacular Architec­ture Group Grants Scheme, the Council for British Archaeology Challenge Fund, the National Trust, private donations and from the Cadw Civic Initiatives (Heritage) Grant Scheme. The Cadwyn Clwyd Rural Development Fund, the Gwynedd Voluntary Devel­opment Fund, the Llyn AONB Sustainable Development Fund, the Menter Mon - Mona Antiqua Rural Development Plan, the Ynys Mona AONB Sustainable Development Fund, the Conwy Rural Partnership and the Conwy Arts & Heritage Grant Scheme Rural Development Plan were all financed through the European Union and Welsh Assembly Government.

THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN THIS
PROJECT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC